Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEducation is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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